Chapter 15
Yoongi finished the mousse and put it into two different bowls making sure Yumei's was a lot more than his. "I would love to hear the story about your knight in shining armour."
Yumei licked the spoon but paused as her cheeks flushed the colour of deep red. 'Knight in shining armour?' Is that what people called it? She only thought of him as her knight.
Yoongi placed her bowl down and sat next to her again. "So are you going to tell me or do I have to drag it out of you?"
Yumei hit him with the spoon on his nose. "Don't be mean or I won't tell you!"
Yoongi rubbed his nose, "That hurt!" He dipped his spoon in the mousse and threw a spoon full at Yumei which landed on her right cheek. "And you brought it up!"
Yumei gasped at the sudden sensation that landed on her cheek, she wiped at it with her fingers. "You are begging for a fight!"
She dipped her spoon and flicked it at Yoongi who dodged it. "Your aim needs work."
They burst out laughing and Yoongi gave her a napkin. "You missed a spot."
She took the napkin and wiped at her cheek again. But there was still a small spot, Yoongi licked his finger and leaned forward to get the last bit. "There, so tell me."
Yumei looked at her pudding bowl. "It happened seven years ago."
Yoongi placed his spoon in his mouth, this was the first time she was going to share a story with him and that made him happy. He always wondered what had happened seven years ago that her father wanted an extra bodyguard. "I am listening Yumei."
Yumei inhaled a small breath and she got a far off look in her eyes.
"I was walking around the grounds, my parents weren't home and Jimin said he will make me something to eat but when I got to the front of the house, I couldn't believe my luck; the gate was opened."
Yoongi took his spoon from his mouth and dipped it into his pudding, he didn't want to say something, he was too afraid that she would stop talking.
Yumei continued.
"I was so excited because this would be my adventure, so I walked from the gates and turned left. As I was walking around in the streets, I got the sense that I was lost. I was scared because I was never allowed to leave the grounds of the mansion."
Yoongi felt his heartbreak, on one or more occasions, Yumei would tell him the walls kept her in.
"But I wanted to know what was behind the white walls that kept me in, I only had one friend Jimin."
Yoongi bit his lip and turned his gaze to Yumei his mousse forgotten and he saw that there was a tear glistening in her eye.
"So while walking and my heart were beating with fear, I heard laughter and turned around the corner. I saw a boy sitting on a swing in the park reading a book. I felt relieved and approached the boy."
Yumei wiped at the tear that rolled down her cheek, it was if she was reliving that day over again.
"Hel...Hello." Her voice came out as a whisper, the boy looked up at her and smiled.
"Hello. I haven't seen you here before."
She fiddled with her fingers, "I have never been outside before."
His eyes widened at her his mouth agape. "Like never?"
She nodded at him, "Yes. I have only seen great white walls and not what was beyond them."
He closed this book, "Well, why don't I take you on a small tour?"
She bit her lip nervously, she wasn't allowed to talk to strangers but he seemed nice and she was lost. "I would like that very much."
He got up from the swing and held out his hand. "I am Kim Namjoon."
She took his hand shyly. "I am Yumei Kazuma."
Hesitancy flashed across his eyes but he shook her hand slightly. "Nice to meet you, Yumei."
Her smile brightened, "And you Joonie."
He chuckled, he liked the way she shortened his given name. "So this is the park. I usually come here to read on the swing."
She looked around, "Alone?"
"Yes, most of the other kids play video games at the arcade but I like the quietness. So I come here."
"That is fascinating, I love lying under the shade to read."
She remembered that he looked at her funnily, he then grinned. "What is your favourite book?"
She averted her gaze and mumbled. "Alice in Wonderland."
He grabbed her hand, "Really? I just finished that book a week ago!"
She smiled at him. "I have never met someone who liked reading as much as I do. My friend Jimin hates reading."
He gently gave her hand a tug. "Let us go get some ice cream."
"Can I have chocolate ice cream?"
"You can have any ice cream you want. So come one."
They were running from the park and Namjoon paused a few blocks down at an ice cream shop. Yumei gasped at the sight, she never knew that there was so many ice cream.
Namjoon grinned at her astonished face, "Still want chocolate?"
Yumei didn't answer as her eyes ventured around. The line was moving forward and he tugged her hand slightly.
He didn't let go of her hand since he took it from the park something inside him, told him he shouldn't let go. "Have you decided?"
Her eyes beamed at him. "A vanilla chocolate swirly!"
"Then that is what we will get." Namjoon paid for their ice cream and walked her through the same street back to the park.
They heard a car behind them, Namjoon instinctively pushed Yumei behind him. A long black limousine stopped next to them.
A man climbed out and lifted his shades up. "Give us the girl, boy."
Yumei shivered behind Namjoon's back. He had to think quick this man didn't look like your local businessman. "What do you want with my sister?"
The man quicker an eyebrow. "Your sister? Do you think I am a fool?" The man started laughing and Namjoon tightened his grip on her hand.
The man took a step forward. "That is Yumei Kazuma and I will be taking her with me now."
It was all in a blink of an eye, their hands were reaching for each other. "Joonie!"
Namjoon watched as the man put Yumei in the car and drove off in his clenched fist was her pink ribbon.
Yoongi touched her hand and her attention snapped to him. "Who was he?"
Yumei smiled and her cheeks turned a slight shade of pink. "He is Kim Namjoon."
Yoongi frowned inwardly, that name ran familiar to him, he squeezed her hand. "And? What happened that he became your knight?"
She averted her gaze and was staring at her mousse, Yoongi leaned forward and spoke in her ear. "Did he kiss you?"
She jumped a little. "Don't be ridiculous, he did something better."
Yoongi lifted an eyebrow. "Better? Then giving you a kiss?" Yumei bumped her shoulder into his chest, that he almost fell off the chair. "I was eleven!" Yoongi grabbed her hand tighter to balance himself out so that he didn't fall. "Sorry! So tell me what did he do?" He noticed that her cheeks were still flushed.
"He tried to save me from the kidnappers that day." She took her spoon in her hand and dipped it in her mousse again. She picked up the spoon and placed it in her mouth.
Wait! She got kidnapped that day? That is the most suspicious thing he ever heard, who would have known that the Kazuma girl was going to be wandering around? It was just sheer dumb luck that she would leave the estate grounds.
Yoongi snapped back out of his thoughts and remembered that he should answer her, she just told him a story that was very important to her and if he didn't react she will never trust him again. And hearing that she got kidnapped when wandering around in a world she didn't know wasn't sitting well with him and he needed her to trust him.
"You are right, Yumei. That was a lot better than a kiss." He pushed his pudding towards her. "Here you can have this bit too."
She turned her gaze towards him, the spoon was singing from her mouth. "Rebly?"
'Again with answering when her mouth is full.' He removed his hand from hers and flicked her forehead. "Don't talk with your mouthful."
She scowled at him and rubbed her forehead. He couldn't help the smile that came naturally now. He stood up and kissed her on top of her head. "Eat up, you have to get to bed. We are going to have a full day tomorrow."
Yumei took the spoon from her mouth. "I am so excited!" She turned back to her pudding.
Yoongi's smile disappeared, this got him thinking. 'We have a spy in the family.' Maybe he should go have a talk with Jimin but can he fully trust him?
The Yakuza game was a dangerous thing to play when everyone was after power. He let out a sigh and took one last look at Yumei who was eating her pudding with no care int he world.
She doesn't even know her father was yakuza. All she did know was that they were a rich family and because of that, she had to be monitored.
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